Orfevrerie Christofle / French Art Nouveau Petite vase with wheat decor c. 1900
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Orfevrerie Christofle / French Art Nouveau Petite vase with wheat decor c. 1900
ORFÈVRERIE CHRISTOFLE Paris, France
Petite vase c. 1900
Patinated copper with applied gold work at the rim of the vase and the wheat and grass motif
Marks: Christofle touchmark, CHRISTOFLE
For more information on Christofle see: La Dinanderie Française 1900-1950, Dominique and Marie-Cécile Forest (Paris: Les Editions de l’Amateur, 1995), pp. 152-8.
Roycroft / American Arts & Crafts Pair of Candlesticks c. 1915
ROYCROFT COPPER SHOP East Aurora, N.Y.
Pair of candlesticks c. 1915.
Hand wrought and textured copper, silver-plated.
Marks: impressed R, in orb with cross, ROYCROFT
For more information see: The American Arts & Crafts Movement in Western New York 1900-1928, Bruce A. Austin (Rochester Institute of Technology, 1992); Arts & Crafts Movement in New York State 1890’s – 1920’s, Coy Ludwig (Hamilton, N.Y.: Gallery Association of New York, 1983).
Marcus & Co. Art Nouveau brooch, “Tibula” shaped 18k yellow gold brooch set with three natural pearls, the natural center button pearl approx. 10 mm in diameter (G.I.A. certificate, 3 natural freshwater pearls, weight 24.90 grams, measurement range from 5.46 to 12.26mm), 16 sugarloaf cabochon sapphires, the two large and high dome middle sapphires with a purple hue, 20 pave set round diamonds all surrounded with clear plique-a-jour further trapped with platinum flakes, signed c. 1897
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